Staying Underground and RPM connected earlier this year over a love of dope beats and good music.

Host and curator Thomas Rapsey’s expertly curated Staying Underground mixtapes are, as he puts it, “Where The Future Culture Is Found”, and his selections—which range widely through soul, hip-hop, electronics, instrumentals, and destination out experiments—are second to none.

Listening through his Collaborator series—which pairs a guest DJ mix on the A Side, with Rapsey helming the B Side—we thought it would be fire to join forces.

RPM’s Culturite (aka Jarrett Martineau), who compiled our Indigenous Futurisms and #NationHood Mixtapes, drops a mix of his latest favourites, while Rapsey rounds out the B Side with some killer cuts, both interspersed with iconic cinematic samples.

Let’s make this a time to reorient our attention away from the evils of colonial marauders, and toward the celebration of Indigenous life—and the music that unites us in struggle for a decolonized world.